The Queen Mary Parent Advisory Council (PAC)

is a volunteer organization for parents of students at Queen Mary Community School in North Vancouver, British Columbia. It is a non-profit organization whose aim is to foster a rich school community, provide a link between school staff and parents, and help raise funds for program enrichment at the school.

Check your email for the list of upcoming events listing for Dec 17! Highlights include the availability of space in the new Parent Child Mother Goose program located at Queen Mary. The program also has space available at other locations, including Maplewood i hope family centre, North Vancouver City Library and West Vancouver Memorial Library.

A nice, larger collection bin is now available for BundleUp outside the school office at Queen Mary! We participated last year and are happy to bring BundleUp back. This project works to help keep Vancouver's homeless warm during the winter season. For more information, check out www.bundleup.is. Here is a list of items being collected:

Been a crazy good week and we wanted to take a moment to thank the 183 people that came out to Movie Night yesterday! Your continued support of Queen Mary and its PAC is overwhelming - our best to your families this holiday season.

It has been a busy week for us, so apologies for the delay in this post. These items were sent out on Dec 10 by email. (Items have been edited to show only those in effect from today)

Yoga for Parents - the new session is Jan 14 to Mar 4, 2015. This is open to parents of Queen Mary, Westview and Ridgeway schools. The location has moved to St. John's Church, adjacent to Queen Mary. No drop-ins, so please see the flyer to register.

Community Meals - every Thurs for lunch and monthly on Fri at St. Andrew's United Church. FREE meals, everyone is welcome!

We have had a little trouble getting a bin from Operation BundleUp for collecting winter items for the homeless. A temporary bin has been set up outside the school office, so please deposit your items there. Cold weather gear such as jackets, sweaters, gloves/mittens, hats, and blankets would be much appreciated.

Here is a link to the YouTube video "The power of ummm..." a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED conference. It was done right over in West Vancouver. In this talk, you will see Kath Murdoch speak about the power of curiosity and the importance of nuturing it in our classrooms...THIS is what the International Baccaulaureat program is about! Thanks for bringing this to our attention, Mme Singh!